The first three quarters for the team was a financial loss based on the company’s inability to generate revenue through sale of its computers. In the second quarter the team developed two brands of computers that were not recommended for sale. The company’s poor internal operating directives gave way to the development of two brands of computers that the market was unwilling to accept, combined with a weak market image and weak distribution network. It was very clear to the team that in order to turn the company into a profitable entity the team needed to evaluate the company’s resources and by so doing conducted an extensive internal analysis. The team looked at the company’s tangible and intangible resources.
This caused frustration among the members. Moreover, the MCA team lost its quality in company positions and couldn’t make any reasonable offer alternatives to LFA counter-proposals. MCA had no clear plan or objectives and didn’t understand the strengths and weaknesses of their own and LFA’s positions. On the other hand, LFA was well-prepared and more professional during the negotiations. They defined the bargaining outlines.
Considering the Bullwhip article: As a group, the feeling was not so good at the end of the game. Having to make decisions without adequate information provided brought about results that made us feel like bad supply chain managers. However it was educating. When the game started the orders that came to the retailer for the first 2-3 weeks were consistent and made the retailer not to order more from the wholesaler and this passed across upstream the supply chain. This changed suddenly and the orders started bombarding, causing tension on the retailer to order as much as possible from the wholesaler to supply demand to customers.
Week Six Assignment Selling Executives On Project Management Table of Contents Introduction 3 Fundamental Reasons Analysis 3 Possible Strategies 5 Conclusion 6 Introduction The success of many organizations hinge on the organization’s ability to adapt to changes in technology, market and industry trends. This paper will discuss how Levon Corporation’s reluctance to implement project management functions kept them stagnant in the industry and almost a non-competitor to their peer organizations. Levon Corporation was unmoved in their position until they realized they were on a steady decline which resulted in them bringing in project consultant to listen to the benefit of implementing project management functionality in
Though John had sympathy for the family pressures she was facing, but her unpleasant behavior was affecting the efficiency of the entire team and the organization. On the other hand, Andy another employee with CES and a team member for the waste management committee, made it worse by creating negativity in the mind of Vincent on the very first day of his office. Vincent resigned his earlier job because of the internal politics and did not want the same issues again. Vincent tough tried in altering Gwen’s job description but knew she won’t be satisfied with that too. John’s inability to anticipate issues and take up steps to resolve the conflict arising due to the Vincent’s presence is harming the output of the organization.
He knew that he is not good enough with human relations but he did not try to work on it or develop it and we can see that clearly reflected in his work. Spencer's lack of effective communication skills led him to many conflicts with his colleagues at work. He was not listening to the people he was working with. Another source of conflict was that he got involved in the financial issues of the organization even though he knew he is not good in accounting. Furthermore, at the start of his new job as plant manager at Modrow, Spencer was faced with some extensive challenges in management.
There also is a 78% abandonment of transactions due to bad customer service. (http://blogs.salesforce.com/company/2013/07/bad-customer-service.html) She also needs to look into the fact that most people talk about the bad customer service than the good. It has a major impact on a company when customers are not treated with the respect that they deserve. Reminding employees that if, it was not for customers they would not have jobs and in order to keep them they need to treat them with respect and if they cannot handle a call send it to someone else before it gets out of hand. Sarah being a customer service manger holds the responsibility of making sure her employees know what they are doing.
Matt Petz Petz 1 Wal-Mart: The Devil of Business Ethics Wal-Mart may seem like a great business with its low prices and friendly customer service, but behind the scenes it’s a different story. Many people are fooled by the commercials high lighting the endless job opportunities and the great benefits, when in reality Wal-Mart is robbing its employees blind. Their employees are faced with many problems because of their employer’s business procedures. Wal-Mart employees are only given health care opportunities they can’t afford, they are cheated out of vacation time and extra hours, and they are even turned down for better paying jobs within the company because of their age, sex, or race. Wal-Mart is a large monopoly that is rampaging through the world economy in disastrous ways.
• Though there was a Robust ERP system, the system failed due to major inconsistency of important information across different parts of the corporation. This made it difficult for executives to monitor and compare performance. • Even with Data warehouse initiatives, there were issues of the technical expertise required to extract meaningful data from the warehouse and data useful for predicting the future. • SYSCO’s competitive advantage was dependent of the decision of Twila Day to implement the BI Software, which would give SYSCO an advantage over its competitors. Initiative Objectives/Benefits No Objectives Benefits 1. Business Intelligence Software gave users access to data that was relevant to them • Avoid the need for employees to write complicated database queries or engage in programming tasks.
The main problem with the evaluation tools and techniques when encountering the company issues was hard to determine. The group found many options could have been more urgent than others; it was necessary to really prioritize and stay focus on our main goal. When there is a short-term and long-term goal in mind, people can organize all options and determine which ones will get to the goal faster and easier. The stimulation was amazing because it allowed us to see how a decision could affect the company and what would be the best decision for the future. The review by Linda, the CEO was the final decision and though it wasn’t real, our decisions mattered and stimulated real company business in the management